Usually the season starts with the pitchers ahead of the hitters. The baby Jays had their hitting shoes on on Thursday with Anthony Gose, Kenny Wilson and Marcus Knecht leading the way.
Rochester 7 Buffalo 12
There were 30 hits in this game, are we back in the PCL? The Bisons had 17 hits and every starter contributed. Anthony Gose was 3-4 and was hit by a pitch with AA watching. Jim Negrych also had three hits. Luis Jimenez hit the Bisons first and only home run.
Justin Germano started and put a lot of men on but avoided a disaster inning.
Reading 0 New Hampshire 9
Austin Bibbens-Dirkx got the win with with six shutout innings. "Bibby" has made more AAA starts than AA starts in his career but his AAA ERA is 6 while his AA ERA is 3 plus. Offensively Kenny Wilson had a hit in each of his first three AB's and finished 3-5. Brad Glenn had two hits. Every starter other than Kevin Pillar had a hit. John Tolisano and Ryan Schimpf each had a HR.
Clearwater 2 Dunedin 4
Dunedin had 12 hits and Jesse Hernandez shut down the Phillies. An encouraging start for Marcus Knecht and Michael Crouse who both had multi-hit games as they repeat in the FSL. Kevin Patterson had three hits and Gabe Jacobo had two. Jon Berti had a home run.
Lansing 4 Lake County 5
Lansing outhit Lake County but the bullpen spoiled a good start from Javier Avendano. Daniel Norris came on with the Lugnuts up 4-1. Norris gave up two runs in the sixth and then Norris walked the lead off hitter in the seventh. Wil Browning came on allowed two runs to score. Avendano pitched five innings.
The cold weather in April is supposed to be bad for latino hitters, But Balbini, Emilio Guerrero and Ronny Melendez led the offense with two hits each. Balbino hit the Luggies only home run.
Three Stars
#1 - Anthony Gose
#2 - Kenny Wilson
#3 - Marcus Knecht
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